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Midwife , Libya

Employer: International Rescue Committee

Location: LibyaClosing date: 30 Dec 2016

Job Overview/Summary:This program seeks a qualified midwife who will work directly with IRCs Emergency Health Coordinator and Libyan health staff to ensure quality services within healthcare facilties in the Misrata area.

ResponsibilitiesCarry out clinical activities and patient care alongside and in collaboration with local personnel including:

undertaking antenatal carecarrying out screening teststaking patient samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressurescaring for and assisting women in labourmonitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labourmonitoring the foetus during labouradvising about and supporting parents in the daily care of their newborn babies and providing information, emotional support and reassurance to women and their partnershelping parents to cope with miscarriage, termination, stillbirth and neonatal death

writing records

Provide technical support and oversight to hospital/healthcare facility staff in patient care and service delivery

Preparation and care of patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures

Referral of patients to and between hospitals/healthcare facilitiesCollaborate with the team leader and medical coordinator in sending orders for periodic re-stockingWork with M&E team to ensure accuracy and quality of data collected from all hospital/healthcare facilities on a monthly basisConduct monthly data analysis and take action as appropriateProvide training to hospital/healthcare facility personnel for specific needs of the facilityWorks as a member of the team, taking in consideration the non-medical problems encountered by the patients (i.e. feeding and psychosocial)Develop and foster professional working relationship with medical counterparts of hospital/healthcare facilities

Requirements:Completion of post-graduate midwifery training2-3 years clinical experience in a hospital settings, with low-resource settings preferableTechnical expertise in infection, prevention and controlDemonstrated experience in implementing IPC practices and systems improvementDemonstrated experience working with multiple partners and stakeholdersStrong interpersonal and verbal communication skillsExperience in training and mentoringPrevious experience of working in North Africa preferableFluent Arabic speaker

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